Arie Kruglansky presents his theoretical and empirical work on the need for assured knowledge and the central role it plays in human social behavior, on individual and group levels of analysis. The need for assured knowledge labeled more...

In this presentation Dr. Atkinson discusses his experience to convert country’s most widely used admissions examination, the SAT 1, to a more advanced test, the SAT 2. Dr. Atkinson was seeking a new test for college admission because he was...

Ohio’s transition to a first person consent organ donor registry provides an opportunity to study attitude and behavior change in regard to organ donation. Ohio was an early adopter of first person consent registries for organ donation. The...

The primary foci of Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky’s presentation are the cognitive and motivational processes that distinguish individuals who show exceptionally high and low levels of happiness. By exploring the levels and benefits of happiness, she...

This presentation will discuss the overall idea that it is important to understand the dynamics of interpersonal conversations about health for two reasons: 1) interpersonal conversations can influence the participants’ health knowledge, attitudes,...